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WIN BIG!

Calling all hairdressing students! Do you fancy your chance at winning £1000? Enter Denman’s Big Blowout competition…

HAIR: JOSH WOODMAN

PHOTOGRAPHY: LIAM OAKES

Calling all hairdressing students! You could bag yourself £1000 cash with Denman’s Big Blowout competition. That’s £1000 for just four images of your best blow-dry. If that wasn’t enough, there are cash prizes for tutors too! Each student just needs to upload their details and four images for their chance to win. The Denman College Star competition is now in its third year and attracts hundreds of entries from colleges and academies up and down the UK.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW…

How to win: Just upload images of the front, sides and back of one blow-dry look. For full entry requirements and T&C’s, please go to www.denmanbrush.com/pages/collegestar.

Competition closes: Monday 30 March

Winner announced: Monday 20 April

Prize: £1000 for the student and a hamper of tools valued at £200 for the student’s college department. Plus £250 for the tutor whose students enter the most number of entries and £250 for the tutor of the winning student. T&C’s apply.

“DENMAN IS SO PROUD TO GIVE THE UK COLLEGE AND STUDENT COMMUNITY THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES LAST YEAR WAS STAGGERING, SO A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO THE HARDWORKING COLLEGE TUTORS FOR ENCOURAGING THEIR STUDENTS TO ENTER. BLOW-DRY SKILLS CAN TRANSFORM A REGULAR STYLE INTO SOMETHING EXCEPTIONAL AND COLLEGE STAR IS OUR WAY OF GIVING STUDENTS THE INCENTIVE TO STRIVE FOR GREATNESS. WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY CREATE!”

KEVIN MCNAMEE, DENMAN CEO

DID YOU KNOW?

Denman has a dedicated College Styling Kit. 10 professional tools mapped to the NVQ learning units to take learners from classroom to salon floor and beyond!

Trade price £45 available to colleges and students only. Please contact customerservice@denmanbrush.com. Also available with all good college kit suppliers (prices may vary).

Enter Denman’s Big Blowout competition. For full entry requirements and T&C’s, please go to www.denmanbrush.com/pages/collegestar.

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